Originally posted by stevegmu
reply to post by oozyism
What's the problem here, other than giving them anything? If they are going to get money, they better rack up the body count of Talibani and Al-Qaeda. Why else would we help them?
Originally posted by oozyism
Then why do you cry when Al-Qaeda and Taliban start war against Americans? Wouldn't that give them more reasons to kill innocent Americans since America is paying Pakistan to kill Pakistanis?
For years the Pakistani government has allowed extremists to live along its borders, but it was only when the Taliban took over this once popular tourist valley that people suddenly started to realize the stability of their entire country was being threatened.
In May 30,000 troops retook the Valley but the Taliban's advance into Pakistani heartland was shocking - particularly because this is a country that has some 80 nuclear weapons, and has conducted successful underground tests.
"I can assure you with full assurance, there is no danger at all," said Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by SLAYER69
They knew it all along what the terrorists are doing. Do you actually beleive the Pakistani politicians and millitary would be so naive?
Hours after a suicide bomber set off an explosion in his country's capital city, Pakistan's foreign minister stopped in Houston on Monday as part of a U.S. tour to assure Americans his country is committed to fighting terrorism.
“When people see that there are innocent people dying, when they see all the major urban centers of Pakistan being hit ... because of these extremists, I think the public opinion has changed,” Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
“There is almost a consensus in Pakistan that an immediate priority is to ... fight this.”
If they were going to Afghanistan then the American invaders have the right to fight them.
Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by SLAYER69
You are wrong, it has been proved many times before how US funds were "diverted" by the "GOVT" & "ISI" to support the terrorists instead of taking action against them. Why do you think the US bill that passed this "aid" specifically mentioned "The legislation also says Pakistan must show progress in ending support for terrorist groups, and dismantle groups operating out of Quetta and Muridke.". Because time and again it's a known "fact" that did not happen.
If they continue to engage and fight the Taliban more power to them.
MINGORA: Security forces killed a senior aide to Swat Taliban leader Fazlullah on Wednesday as troops killed five Taliban in the valley in the ongoing military offensive in the valley, said military officials.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani security forces killed nine militants, including two commanders, in weekend battles in the northwestern Swat Valley, the military said Sunday.
Pakistan has largely beaten back a Taliban insurgency in Swat in recent months and intelligence officials say the country is preparing a major offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban in their stronghold in South Waziristan.
Pakistan's security forces appear to have achieved their main objective in Swat with the capture of its administrative seat of Mingora.
That region and the rest of the Malakand division now seem to be under the control of the Pakistan army.
Some fighting is still going on in the mountainous rural areas - especially the Peochar valley, the militants' main stronghold.
Originally posted by jam321
reply to post by oozyism
If they were going to Afghanistan then the American invaders have the right to fight them.
Don't like the invader part, but at least you now acknowledge that the US has the RIGHT to fight the enemy.
Originally posted by nenothtu
My my, aren't YOU the uber-brainy one! I bow before your withering intellectual prowess!
Riddle me this then, young sir. If these particular Taliban are forcing themselves NOT to cross the border and join their brothers in the fray, and are instead confining their terrorism to within Pakistan itself, WHY would the Pakistanis have to be bribed to take out their OWN enemies? And WHY are they upset that they would have to be asked to do so? Do they rally coddle their own enemies that much these days?
I, and my under-developed brain, eagerly await your enlightening answer to this riddle.
But at least you now acknowledge that the enemy has the RIGHT to fight the invaders.
